Post #103,730
5/27/03 10:09:35 PM
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Back home now.
One word description of ~32 (including stops) hours of driving over 6 days: GAH.
My impression of New York State (until you reach about Albany or so): just like Michigan, Ohio, etc. Massachusetts is quite hilly, much more so than I expected.
Boston is a nice town. Old and stately looking, as opposed to old and tawdry like Detroit. The new bridge is impressive, but we didn't get into the tunnel.
Had a great time talking with Drew, and it looks like I'm on for the 4th for sure.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,774
5/28/03 8:48:20 AM
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SUAH-WEET...
I figger:
Don and I leaving (Provided Don is going of course) early ~5AM.
Being at your house ~7:30-8AM, Drew's by about 12-noon for Lunch. And provided we make the right turn somewhere we didna see last year, about 8PM or so at Bill's. You know the house on the corner.
Sine we'll have more than 2 people, maybe I will *LET* someone else drive this year. Not anything concrete but ...
Same thing on the way home, Except we will probably leave ~10AM-11AM (from previous experience)
Make sure you all bring an air-mattress. as the floor (as Ben would know) get's a bit hard.
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Post #103,790
5/28/03 10:33:24 AM
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On Friday then?
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,835
5/28/03 2:15:40 PM
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Ermmm Friday it is...
Long as Don confirms or not.
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Post #103,839
5/28/03 2:38:03 PM
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Re: long as Don confirms or not
So it's Friday if I confirm and it's Friday if I don't confirm?
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Post #103,841
5/28/03 2:48:16 PM
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No...
It's dam full iffn you do confirm. It's also dam full iffn you don't. Now, Yendor is talking of coming as well.. You might just be able to talk him into it, and pick you up as well. <accent type=southern> Get Crackin' BOY! </accent>
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Post #103,842
5/28/03 2:49:44 PM
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That's just a musing...
...I might have Other Plans with the SO that weekend. Will see. P'raps next year if not.
-YendorMike
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Post #103,843
5/28/03 2:52:50 PM
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Feh...
Chicken...
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Post #103,846
5/28/03 3:00:08 PM
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Let me see...
...plans with SO...riding with Greg for 12 hours after a dozen or so Diet Dews...SO...strung out Greg...SO...
tough choice ;-)
Would be nice to have Mike along...but lets be realistic!
Who's gonna be the first to claim "the chair"?
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #103,848
5/28/03 3:01:03 PM
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I'm bringing a camp mattress...
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,849
5/28/03 3:01:23 PM
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I get the chair!
Umm, do I want the chair?
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Post #103,853
5/28/03 3:05:06 PM
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It is a good thing (tm)...
..unless you ask my wife...who calls it the celibacy chair.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #103,855
5/28/03 3:06:43 PM
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Considering who'll be there ... that's a *good* thing
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Post #103,856
5/28/03 3:08:46 PM
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Remember I HAD 2 eight packs...
When I got to your house...
Those were 20oz'ers. Now they are 24oz'ers.
This time though, I am going to stop when I feel I need to go...
Rather wait it out and discover a HUGE traffic jam. Then do a Ditch Check.
I am going to stop a BIT more proactively.
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Post #103,793
5/28/03 10:44:14 AM
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Re: lunch
Grab-and-go, eat-and-run, or grill-and-chill? (Or all of the above)
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Post #103,794
5/28/03 10:45:42 AM
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No. More. Denny's.
I've had enough Denny's this weekend to choke an artery.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,795
5/28/03 10:48:07 AM
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Driving by downwind from one is enough for that
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Post #103,800
5/28/03 10:54:21 AM
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We ate at one 3 more times this weekend...
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,901
5/28/03 8:49:47 PM
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Denny's isn't someplace you go...
...it's where you end up!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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As hopless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #103,942
5/29/03 9:06:18 AM
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I vote for Gyros
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Post #103,945
5/29/03 9:49:20 AM
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Keep in mind...
... I'm a vegetarian... falafel is good, though.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,947
5/29/03 9:57:31 AM
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mediterranean foods
Pita bread dipped into freshly made hummus, mmmmm good. Baba Ganuj, Warek-Aneb dozens of veggie dishes. It's one the few styles of vegetarian cooking that I enjoy.
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Post #103,953
5/29/03 10:23:53 AM
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Yum.
I miss Ann Arbor. More mideastern restaurants than you could shake a pita at. Cheap, good, filling food. With hot sauce. Mmmmmm.
Damn, now I'm hungry.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,970
5/29/03 10:52:32 AM
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Now I'm hungry too
Think I'll go have those BBQ pork ribs.
If God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.
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Post #103,975
5/29/03 11:20:07 AM
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True. So true.
ROFL
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Post #103,976
5/29/03 11:25:12 AM
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Speaking of which...
....hopefully I'll be able to feed you better this time :-)
Any special requests...let me know...
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Post #103,978
5/29/03 11:30:22 AM
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Hell yes
I only have one request: Cheesesteaks. And hoagies. Two, two requests: cheesesteaks and hoagies. And soft pretzels. Three, three requests ...
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Post #103,979
5/29/03 11:31:00 AM
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What? No beer?
-YendorMike
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Post #103,982
5/29/03 11:36:14 AM
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That'd be like getting drunk before sex
I don't want anything to dull my appreciation of a cheesesteak.
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Post #103,980
5/29/03 11:32:45 AM
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stick with the wings, lotsa wings and brews of course
will work for cash and other incentives [link|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html|skill set]
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Post #103,990
5/29/03 12:51:49 PM
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Alright...
...you may have to order the cheesteak...but they deliver...and they're good.
Can always kill 2 birds with one stone like I do...and order a cheesesteak hoagie. Cheesesteak, raw onions (I'm wierd...most like cooked), lettuce, tomato, peppers (hot of course) on rolls unlike those available anywhere else in the country.
Damn...now you made me hungry.
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Post #103,992
5/29/03 12:56:45 PM
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Do me a favor
Don't tell me when you come back from having one for lunch, and how good it was. And if I want a cheesesteak and a hoagie, I'll order one of each. Isn't that why Amoroso's started making the 6-inch rolls?
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Post #103,994
5/29/03 1:03:00 PM
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6 inch rolls are for people on diets
to eat dry turkey hoagies.
Cheesteak on a 6???
Bite your tongue!!!!
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Post #103,981
5/29/03 11:35:39 AM
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Re: Speaking of which...
Boca Bratwursts. These things are DAMNED GOOD. On a bun with sauteed onions and peppers. And relish. Or a dill spear. And mustard.
Oh, and beer.
Regarding breakfast the next day: you've stated that Rita has banned the use of the kitchen. What if I were to prepare a few (or 5) frittatas beforehand for "caloric intake in response to alcoholic withdrawal" the next morning? We can hike them down in a powered cooler that I have.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #103,993
5/29/03 1:01:01 PM
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Re: the ban...
> Boca Bratwursts. These things are DAMNED GOOD. On a bun with sauteed onions and peppers. And relish. Or a dill spear. And mustard.
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> Oh, and beer.
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> Regarding breakfast the next day: you've stated that Rita has banned the use of the kitchen. What if I were to prepare a few (or 5) frittatas beforehand for "caloric intake in response to alcoholic withdrawal" the next morning? We can hike them down in a powered cooler that I have.
> Regards,
-scott anderson
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...its on >me< using the kitchen the following morning. As Imric will attest...the tradition started with all those remaining the next day getting custom order breakfast the next morning..resulting in me running over to the store, getting eggs, bacon..and cooking for >another< 2 hours in the am. There was no debate from me on ending that aspect of the tradition. Omlettes amde while hung-over generally never come out right anyway.
Since the ban we've taken to sending someone else for bagels or donuts...and I've ended up firing the grill again around noon.
There would be no issue on reheating a few frittatas. Me standing in the kitchen cracking the eggs for them, however, would run counter to the rules ;-)
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Oh...about the beer...there'll be plenty of that.
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Post #103,959
5/29/03 10:31:10 AM
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Mahmoun's in NYC
Went to [link|http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2000/08/15/399829547?in_archive=1|Mahmoun's] around XMastime with my cousins. At 3am. The place was packed; line out the door. And their Shawarmas are excellent. Not a veggie product, but damn, they were good.
-YendorMike
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Post #103,964
5/29/03 10:38:40 AM
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Skokie Illinois, The Pita Inn
Worked a project in Skokie for 6 months a few years back and found this [link|http://www.skokienet.org/pinn1/index.html|place] on Dempster. Fantastic food. Everything made fresh right in front of you. Here's a [link|http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/010303_ward_pitainn.html|review]. Not too far from you, isn't it?
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Post #103,977
5/29/03 11:29:14 AM
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About 45 minutes
...no traffic. And there's traffic there these days. It's construction season (as I'm sure you're aware), and they've torn up I-355 between Thorndale and Golf (IE, Woodfield Mall area.) That whole section of the interstate is a muckin' fess. Thankfully I don't have to go up that way very often.
-YendorMike
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Post #104,182
5/30/03 5:58:22 PM
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You ARE kidding, aren't you...?
jb4
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Post #104,247
5/31/03 9:03:07 AM
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No
You've been there and didn't like it? Why would I be kidding?
-Scratches head in puzzlement.
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Post #104,538
6/2/03 1:28:26 PM
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Of all the Gin Joints in all of...
Skokie, you'd point him there....
Sheesh!
Here. Do him and yourself a favor. Go a little farther down Dempster to just before McCormick, and go to El Tipico. Thisis a great little Mexican place, it's definitely worth the trip, and beats snot out of Pita Inn!
jb4
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Post #104,542
6/2/03 1:45:48 PM
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I'm sure it's a great Mexican joint
but we were discussing mediterannean food.
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